US EditionAnthropic Faces Friday Deadline in Defense AI Clash with Hegseth
xAI's Grok cleared for classified roles in intelligence, weapons, and battlefield tasks after agreeing to Pentagon's 'all lawful purposes' use requirement.
- At the Pentagon, officials agreed to let xAI's Grok enter classified military networks, following an agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense on Monday.
- A safeguards standoff prompted the U.S. Department of Defense to widen its vendor choices, as Anthropic's Claude was previously the only AI approved for sensitive military work.
- Grok already runs in unclassified DoD systems alongside Google's Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT, Axios reports, and Google is close to classified deployment, while Axios warns replacing Claude is challenging.
- The U.S. Department of Defense officials are continuing talks with multiple AI vendors as xAI accepted the `all lawful purposes` standard, reportedly resisted by Anthropic.
- High-Profile AI firms are now central to Pentagon sourcing decisions, with xAI, Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI engaged as negotiations expand vendor options, Axios reports.
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